Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition

FL notice of potential claim arising out of Patient was admitted on Sept. 21, 2013 with a sore throat, inability to swallow, drooling, difficulty in speaking for the past 3 days and he was unable to take antibiotics orally.

Dr. Duncan ordered a routine abdominal CT on 3/13/13. The reporting physician, Dr. Al Ashhab, assumed care of the patient on 3/14/13 for the first time. Although the patientÂ¿s clinical presentation did not indicate a bowel perforation, the abdominal CT ultimately revealed a bowel perforation for which patient underwent emergency abdominal surgery.

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Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition

There was no misdiagnosis

Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim

Plaintiff claims patientÂ¿s death was caused by a delay in surgical treatment from the time of completion of the abdominal CT. The results of the CT were reported at approximately 4:00 p.m. on 3/14/13, and upon receiving the results at that time, Dr. Al Ashhab immediately sought a surgical consultation.